Mount Auburn Cemetery: 175th Anniversary

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Hours:	2:00 pm
Ages:	Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Special Events

Mount Auburn Cemetery, the nation’s oldest garden cemetery and the model for our modern day parks system, is celebrating its 175th Anniversary. September 24, 2006 will mark the anniversary of its Consecration and will be celebrated with a commemoration service at the Cemetery.

The service will feature Reverend Peter Gomes of Harvard University, Paul Grogan of the Boston Foundation, poetry readings by Celia Gilbert, and fanfares by the New England Conservatory.

Mount Auburn Cemetery is the final resting place of many famous and important historical figures, including Charles Bulfinch, Mary Baker Eddy, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Winslow Homer and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, to name a few. 175 years into its mission, Mount Auburn Cemetery remains an active cemetery and a place of comfort and inspiration for the 200,000 people who visit it annually.

Contact: Bree Detamore Harvey, Director of Public Programs, 617-547-7105 ext. 1945.

COST

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Free, but please call 617-607-1995 for an invitation

WEBSITE

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www.mountauburn.org

LOCATION

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580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-547-7105 ext